This document discusses effective teaching strategies for English language learners. It emphasizes making English relevant and engaging for students by connecting lessons to their interests, sharing the teacher's own passions, and using hands-on activities, stories, music and wider world topics to teach values and language concepts in a memorable way. St. Patrick is given as an example of a teacher who effectively conveyed religious concepts to Irish people by relating them to a shamrock. The document advocates sparking students' curiosity and allowing them to actively participate to enhance cognitive and emotional engagement with English.